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Awhile back, Scot McKnight referenced an article on his "Jesus Creed" blog that raised the issue of ministry faithfulness versus ministry success. I passed the article around to a few friends to get their perspective and wanted to share a few thoughts here. There is no doubt that we need to be careful with our …
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Yesterday, I posted three thoughts from the Exponential 2010 Conference that are shaping how I think about my church context at Brooklife now. Today, I wanted to write about two things that have impacted me personally as a follower of Jesus from the conference. Am I absolutely surrendered to God?: After listening to Francis Chan's …
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Yesterday, I talked with some of our church leaders about things we learned from attending the Exponential 2010 Conference. Here are three things that are shaping how I think about our church context at Brooklife now: We must be clear on vision, strategy, values, and aims: Through Will Mancini's pre-conference workshop, I was challenged to …
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This is a summary page through which you can access all of my note-posts on Exponential 2010. This was an outstanding conference for me, and that's coming from someone who is not a big conference guy. Disclaimer on my notes Will Mancini, “Church Unique” Mark Batterson, “Don’t Take ‘Yes’ for an Answer” Louie Giglio Rick …
Francis Chan is the teaching pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, where he has been serving for the past 15 years. Francis spends much of his time speaking to high school and college students and is the author of Crazy Love and Forgotten God. Francis just recently announced that he is leaving Cornerstone Church …
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Matthew Erickson 